Cell Phone Booster Or Starlink

This Cell Phone Mount was bought for my Wife. She watches videos on her cell phone often and I thought this was a better idea than leaning her phone against a bottle of ketchup or loaf of bread. Combining this with a tiny foldable tripod gives her a compact stand for her cell phone and she now uses it almost daily. She seems to like it and it folds up to take very little space. The mount had a slight hangup when I first tried it out but seems to work fine now. The threads in the plastic parts are actually brass inserts that are moulded in place so they will probably hold up a lot longer than plain plastic would. The plastic is well moulded and seems to be pretty good quality. In theory, the mount will stand up without a tripod, but it isn't stable.

I like the feature that it is also connected to my cell phone.

this worked well with my cell phone and GoPros.

I use it to connect my cell phone to my car.

Backup for the other one I'm going to the cell phone

Use with cell phone

The wireless and bluetooth are unreliable, but it otherwise exceeds my expectations. What I wanted it to be able to do was run my Gen 2 Starlink, FireTV Cube, and cheap 38" flat screen TV for 3-4 hours and maybe also charge a phone. With the Starlink snowmelt turned off, it ran all three devices for almost 6-1/2 hours and topped off my Pixel4 phone from ~55% to full. With the Starlink snowmelt turned on (and snow falling making both the heater run and the starlink work harder to stay connected), it ran all three devices for just over 4 hours and topped off my phone from a similar state of charge. This River 2 Pro drops off my wifi and loses my phone's bluetooth after a couple of minutes of being connected to either. That means I have to turn the unit off and back on to use the app. The good news is that the only thing I might ever need the app for is turning off the X-Boost. It works long enough to do that. I like the performance of the 220w bifacial solar panel a lot, but the form factor leaves something to be desired. It's a true hassle to set up. Furthermore, it's very stiff in the cold and is almost impossible to deploy at temperatures in the teens and below. I'm going to have to build something to use as a mount if I ever have to rely on it for regular use. But again, the performance is impressive. In full sun and snow on the ground, I saw peaks for 206 watts. The excellent performance and the fact that it's a perfect match for the max input of the River 2 Pro might be a good enough reason to just accept the fact I'm going to have to build something as a mount to make it reliably deployable.

this is a must have when connecting your cell phone to a external microphone.

Perfect for holding a cell phone while zooming.

I use it to recharge my cell phone from my a plug-in charger.